If you fight something unpleasant, you try in a determined way to prevent it or stop it happening.

If you fight for something, you try in a determined way to get it or achieve it.

If an army or group fights a battle with another army or group, they oppose each other with weapons. You can also say that two armies or groups fight a battle.

If a person or army fights in a battle or a war, they take part in it.

If one person fights with another, or fights them, the two people hit or kick each other because they want to hurt each other. You can also say that two people fight .

If one person fights with another, or fights them, they have an angry disagreement or quarrel. You can also say that two people fight .

If you fight your way to a place, you move towards it with great difficulty, for example because there are a lot of people or obstacles in your way.

A fight is a boxing match.

To fight means to take part in a boxing match.

If you fight an election, you are a candidate in the election and try to win it.

You can use fight to refer to a contest such as an election or a sports match.

If you fight a case or a court action, you make a legal case against someone in a very determined way, or you put forward a defence when a legal case is made against you.

Fight is the desire or ability to keep fighting.

If you fight an emotion or desire, you try very hard not to feel it, show it, or act on it, but do not always succeed.

If you fight for breath, you try to breathe but find it very difficult.

If you have a fighting chance of doing or achieving something, it is possible that you will do or achieve it, but only if you make a great effort or are very lucky.

If you describe someone as fighting fit, you are emphasizing that they are very fit or healthy.

Someone who is fighting for their life is making a great effort to stay alive, either when they are being physically attacked or when they are very ill.

If you fight back against someone or something that is attacking or harming you, you resist them actively or attack them.

If you fight back an emotion or a desire, you try very hard not to feel it, show it, or act on it.

If you fight down an emotion or a desire, you try very hard not to feel it, show it, or act on it.

If you fight off something, for example an illness or an unpleasant feeling, you succeed in getting rid of it and in not letting it overcome you.

If you fight off someone who has attacked you, you fight with them, and succeed in making them go away or stop attacking you.

If two people or groups fight something out, they fight or argue until one of them wins.